The head of the Hamas group’s political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, has urged the Arab-Islamic Committee to urgently convene “to discuss ways to halt the war and to break the siege on the Gaza Strip”, Anadolu Agency reports.

Haniyeh stressed “the need to quickly act to oblige Israel to abide by the international resolutions that called for ending the (Israeli) aggression on the Palestinian people and to protect the hospitals (in Gaza).”

A statement noted that the Hamas chief held talks with leaders and officials on the regional and international levels in light of the Israeli “brutal massacres” against Palestinians displaced in UN-run schools.

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